The name of the group was the Incubation Research Group (IRG) up to 1995 when it was decided to expand the remit of the group to include fertility and so the name was changed to the Incubation and Fertility Research Group (IFRG). In 1998, an association was made between the World's Poultry Science Association when the IFRG adopted the European Branches' Working Group 6 - Reproduction.

The Chairs of Working Group 6 – Reproduction have been:

1998-2009

Dr Glenn Baggott

2009-2012

Dr Nick French

2012-

Marleen Boerjan

Each annual meeting has had a local organizer. Meeting dates, locations and organizers are given below.

Year

Location

Organizer

1998

University of Warwick, UK 15-16 September

Glenn Baggott

1999

Vinci Conference Centre, Tours, France 21 September

Jean-Pierre Brillard

2000

St Edmund's Hall, University of Oxford, UK 11-12 September

Charles Deeming

2001

St Edmund's Hall, University of Oxford, UK 17-18 September

Charles Deeming

2002

St Edmund's Hall, University of Oxford, UK 12-13 September

Charles Deeming

2003

University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK 4-5 September

Charles Deeming

2004

University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK 6-7 September

Charles Deeming

2005

University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK 6-7 September

Charles Deeming

2006

University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK 7-8 September

Charles Deeming

2007

University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 24-25 July

Victoria Maltby

2008

Moorfields Hospital, London, UK 3-4 September

Victoria Maltby

2009

University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK 7-8 July

Victoria Hurst

2010

Tours, France 23 August

Nick French

2011

Ede, The Netherlands30-31 August

Nick French

2012

Pisa, Italy13-15 June

Margherita Marzoni and Annelisse Castillo

2013

Gottingen, Germany30 September - 1 October

Marleen Boerjan

2014

Lunteren, The Netherlands29-30 September

Marleen Boerjan

2015

Berlin, Germany1-4 September 2015Combined with Working Group 12

Marleen Boerjan (WG 6)Shlomo Yahav (WG12)

Further details of Working Group 6 can be obtained from the website www.ifrg.org or by contacting the current Chairman:Dr Ir Marleen Boerjan (The Netherlands)E-mail: